The O.D. Smith Masonic Lodge No. 33 will hold its Mississippi Child Identification Program from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at their lodge at 618 McLarty Road.
The program allows parents to receive a full identification package, complete with three photographs of the child, a laminated ID card, all 10 digital fingerprints, a video, DNA sample and teeth imprints, which can help with identification, serves as a DNA sample and the saliva from the impression provides a pure, exclusive scent which can be used by tracking dogs in helping to find lost children. All the information is stored on CD that is given to the parents.(more…)(March 5, 2010)